Extravaganza a roaring success
April 27, 2010 • Pete DelMedico
Flapper girls, cigars and speak easies hardly describe the average Catholic school fundraiser. Then again, there has never been anything average about Hoban’s Extravaganza. The annual event reached its 25th anniversary this year with years of consistent success to build on. This years ever-changing...
Tanning not worth bundled skin destruction
April 27, 2010
From the tanning booth to the hospital room, fifteen minutes four times a month can lead to a lifetime of cancer. It’s no secret that tanning can cause harmful effects. After all, burning yourself with ultraviolet rays for the perfect bronze cannot be healthy. According to the American Academy of...
Security officer tells all in exclusive interview
April 22, 2010 • Peter DelMedico
You encounter him every day upon entering Hoban, but do you really know Adam Whitesmith? Do you really know the one? Behind the trench coat, sunglasses and embroidered badge there is a truly committed officer. Whitesmith was formerly a corporate pilot, but is currently Hoban’s very own security officer....
Hankins prepares for her last Extravaganza:Veteran Extravaganza organizer takes final bow
April 22, 2010 • Lindsay Huth
Going, going, gone… to retirement! With the help of advancement office employees and volunteers, Extravaganza extraordinaire Diana Hankins is preparing for her last dinner and auction before leaving for retirement. “It’s satisfying to see how great the parents and alumni are every year,” Hankins...
Kopp ‘fills a need’ by publishing short book
April 22, 2010 • Carmine Sberna and Johanna Breiding
Scott Kopp, Director of Campus Ministry, is now a published author. Kopp’s book, entitled Postmodernism and Youth Ministry, explores just what the title implies: a look at postmodernism and its effect in youth ministry. The book, published by Wipf and Stock Publishing, is the first book of its kind,...
Russia and U.S. sign treaty to reduce nuclear arms
April 20, 2010 • Lindsay Huth
Once Cold War nuclear arms race enemies, the United States and Russia made a landmark agreement on April 8 to cut their nuclear warheads by a third and the missiles, submarines and bombers that transport them in half. “It says to our country, the Cold War really is behind us, and these massive...
North Canton High School considers removing class rankings
March 19, 2010 • Lindsay Huth
Many high school students rush to see their standings in the class rankings at the end of the quarter. For students at Hoover High School in Canton, that may no longer be the case. The North Canton Board of Education debated removing class rankings from the school because it is not mandatory for college...
Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich decides to support health care bill
March 19, 2010 • Lindsay Huth
Some see him as a George Washington; others, Benedict Arnold. He’s Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, and, after being one of 32 Democrats to vote against the Affordable Health Care for America Act, he’s decided to support it. “… Even though I don’t like the bill, I’ve made a...
February snow sets a new record
March 12, 2010
Fresh fallen snow is sparkling and exciting, especially when it is the first snow of the season. Snow ball fights and snowmen take over the neighborhood and kids can’t wait to have fun. Snow is exciting for the first few months of winter, but when it’s February and snow is still falling it is no...
Value Every Moment
March 12, 2010 • Alexander Salamon
I had no idea how special that morning would turn out to be. The nine o’ clock mass at St. Francis de Sales on Feb. 21 would be the last time Father James Schleicher celebrated mass. I was serving as a Eucharistic minister that morning. Upon seeing me, Father Schleicher asked my name due to his...
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